Display-box.



' F. K. ANDREWS.

DI$PLAY BOX. AFPLIOATIUN FILED PEB .25, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

WITNESSES I eeaeeo.

nm fnn srAT PATENT OFFICE" FRANK K. ANDREWS, OF BISHOP, CALIFORNIA DISlElI1AY-BOX.

' and particularly to display boxes. I

It is a purpose of -my inventionto pro Wide a cheap, simple and practical device,

I stock on theshelves, the article desired; it. 5

whereby a clerk or"- "storekeeper "may promptly and accurately select from the further provides-means which. will permit sulilcient light to enter a box to enable the contents to be plainly discernible and dis to terial or article Wanted; in this way assist-' fiing the clerk.

played, so that a customer may, While wait- 111g for the services of a clerk, glance over the goodsuntil he has discovered the malarticularly, my invention relates to a device which may be qulckly and easily ap- .plied to stock boxes, such as contain hats,

shoes, shirts,hose, or other articles. I

The invention consists of the parts and the-construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which-:-

Figure 1 is a front View, spective, of the improved box. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same. Fig. 3 shows the device used as a cutter. .Fig. 4 illustrates the blank of the frame. Fig. .5 is a cross-section of the device.

In the embodiment of my. invention, I employ a box 2, such as is utilized by merchants to hold hats, shoes, ties, etc.

At present-when a clerk wishes toselect from the shelves the goods to be shown. the

customer, he has to raise the cover of each.

box until he finds the one desired, often requiring the use of a ladder to reach the highershelves. To obviate this great labor, and to save time, I provide each box with an opening 3 of any desired'shape or slze, and over the opening is secured a piece of transparent colorless material a, such as" glass, celluloid, or any substance Which will serve the purpose. In order that the thus lighted display boxmay be made so cheaply.

that the manufacturer or distributer may be able to furnish them free to his customers, as an inducement against his competitors,

- l Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed rebrtar es, 190a.

slightly in per- Patented? iyae, 191th.

, Serial No.' 47a,se1. l

and as an advertisement, it is necessary lthat the means for securlng thetransparency t be very simple, inexpensivm'and attachable to any boxes which have been previously manufactured. This is accomplished by the use of a Windowfranie 5 made of any desirable substance and in on single piece, and

preferably of sheet-metal; the c'ut uhfolded blank bemg shown in- Fig. 4, and having war-(11y andover the side e ges of the transone end stop to the transparency a. The

' -jopposite end of the blankhas two opposed transverse flaps '8 struck up from it which areadapted to receive @a suitably inscribed stock-card 9 which maybe quickly andread. ily inserted; between the ad acent beadsvan'd is changeable at will by the merchant." Also, theinner flap when bent up, as in Fig. 2,

.formsa stop to hold the transparency at in place after the same has been slipped into the guides formed by the flanges 6.-- The frame made fromthis blank is lormed'with av suitable window opening, over which the transparency 4 fits, and the inneredges of the framehave tongues 10 adaptedto be folded back first at rightangles to; the plane of the frameor transparency holder, so as first instance, a then to be folded flat over the edges of the opening inside the box to hold the attachment securely-to the box.- fasteners longitudinal panels or flan es 6 foldable in lparency 4.1 One end of th'eblank-has the transverse panel or flange 7 foldable to form to cut out the opening 3 in the box in the at an angle of about 90 to the-plane of the' holder, one or the other pair offthernpresents a cutting edge Which'maybe utillzed, as

shown in Fig. 3, to c'utthe, opening 3 'in the. box, and forming parallel slots just the width of the window opening in the holder; the operator simply pushing two of the tangs through the box and then making a drawing cut'of the right length, and afterward cutting" the endsof the slit cardboard.

Byfirst placing the holder upon the. box at the. position it is desired to secure the window, and lightly'pressing down on the holder, the points of the cutters 10 will make an incision ormark; and then lifting one end of the holder and depressing the cutters on the other end until they sever and enter the material of the box,v whereupon by.

drawingthe holder firmly forward untilthe mark 13, Fig. 3, is reached, a pair of parallel cutsare made just theright length and distance-apart. The-tangs may then be used to make the cross-cut at the ends of the slots,

so that the several fasteners 10 and 11 may be' 15 of an inventory of'stock is greatly facili-' thereby forming an opening in the box just the area of that within the frame. This having-been completed, it is only necessary to place the back of the holder against the box and close. to the edges of the opening 3,

bent by hand to fold over and clamp the contiguous edges of the box, manifestly forming a practically dust-' and insert-proof'joint between theframe and the bo lx. By this device much valuable time is saved;the sto' ck is not shop-worn.by constant vhandling; a customer is frequently able to select the article he desires, and without taking the cover off of the box; all of the stock is constantly on' display, .but protected from dust and injury; and by having a convenient, removable stock-card 9 the taking tated.

Having thus 7 described my invention. whatI- claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A display attachment for stock boxes, comprising a metallic frame having an opening and provided with inwardly extending, bendable clamping tangs and also having marking-blades disposed adjacent the ends of the opening and bent, at approximatelyright'angles, backwardly from the frame, the points of the blades indicating the corners of the opening when pressed into the material of the stock-box.

2.. The combination of a stock box and a display frame having an opening and being provided with rearwardly bent marking and cutting blades at the extremities of the open-' ing, said blades adaptable to be pressed into the material of the stock box and mark the sheet-metal andhaving an opei'iing, bendable retaining tangs extending across the opening, cutting and marking blades having short sides parallel with and adjacent the ends of the opening and long sides or edges intersecting said short sides in an acute angle and adapted when bent back at right angles to the frame to present cutting edges whereby theinaterial of-the box may be marked and cut.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing'witnesses. v

FRANK K. ANDRElVS. \Vitnesses CHARLES EDELMAN,

C; C. Coon. 

